Device for waxing and cleaning flat-irons.



No. 769,459. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. J. BAYER.

DEVICE FOR WAXING AND CLEANING FLAT IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1903.

no MODEL.

FIG. I.

Patented September 6, 1904.

JOHN BAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR WAXING AND CLEANING FLAT-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 769,459, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed September 4, 1903- Serial No. 171,889. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN BAYER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Vaxing and Cleaning Flat-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for waxing and cleaning flat-irons; and its main object is to provide an improved device having waxingand cleaning means substantially in a common plane for the purpose of waxing the iron and cleaning the same by a moy'ement in a single plane without having to lift the iron and wax the surface thereof and afterward set the iron down and run the same over acleaningsurface.

My improved waxing and cleaning device preferably embodies a waxing-surface and a cleaning or scraping surface in alinement with each other substantially in a common plane, these two surfaces beingso positioned in order to permit the iron to move over the waxingsurface to wax the iron and then be drawn over the cleaning or scraping surface to remove surplus wax and other particles from the polishing-surface of the iron without raising the iron during these waxing and cleaning operations. The device which embodies these two surfaces will also preferably constitute a support for the flat-iron when the same is not in use, the construction being such in the preferred type that the supporting portion or stand is at one end of the article, the cleaning or scrapingsurface substantially at the center, and the waxing-surface at the other end, all three of these main parts being in line sub stantially in a common plane.

Other features of my invention relate to the construction of the main waxing-surface, to an auxiliary waxing device for waxing the converging sides of a flat-iron, and to certain other elements not hereinbefore referred to, but which will be hereinafter described and are fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan of a waxing and cleaning device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a s1de elevation of the same with the bail of the waxing-body raised to illustrate the construction more clearly. Fig. 3 is a substantially central vertical longitudinal section with the parts in the positions they occupy in Fig. 2. Fig. a is a sectional detail of one of the waxing-cups, and Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the clamping members.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The body of my improved device for waxing and cleaning fiat-irons may be of any suitable type, being usually an oblong member, preferably of metal and made in one piece. In this case it is stamped out ofsheet metal and has at its sides and ends depending rims or flanges which rest on a suitable table or other support and raise the working surface of the device slightly above the surface of said table or support. The body is designated generally by l) and the end and side flanges by 2 and 3. For the purpose of securing the device to a table or other support on which it is to be placed clamping members, such as the angular spring-tongues at, (the lower holding portions of which are substantially horizontal and extend toward the opposite side of the device in Fig. 2,) are formed in one piece with one of the side flanges 3 and may be perforated, as shown, to permit the use of clamp-screws, if desired. In this construction the right-hand end of the body is designated by 5 and constitutes a stand or support for the flat-iron. The central portion of the device may be so constructed as to constitute a cleaningor scraping surface 0, a wide strip of emery-cloth being illustrated as the means for cleaning or scraping surplus wax and other particles from the flatiron. This cleaning-surface is substantially in the plane of the body part I) of the device and may be secured in place in any proper manner, long clips, such as 6, being shown herein, these clips being substantially U- shaped and being gripped tightly around the ends of the emery-cloth after the cloth is turned over the lower edges of the central portions of the side flanges 3, these side flanges being undercut centrally to leave room for the clips to be placed in position.

At the forward end of the device the parts will be so organized as to form a waxing-pad for waxing the iron when it is run onto the pad. The construction of this pad may be varied greatly, but that illustrated is a simple and convenient one for the purpose. As shown, the body of the device is formed at its forward end with a shallow depression 7, forming a wax receptacle or trough, and in this trough may be fitted a sheet of wax 8, adapted to fill such depression. Contact of the hot polishing-surface of the iron with the a sheet of wax is not desirable and is prevented by covering the wax with one or more layers of fabric f, two layers being formed, as shown herein, by folding a strip of cloth around a holding bar or bail 10, pivoted at the desired point at the sides of the device. This fabric for covering the wax is of greater width than the body of the device and extends slightly beyond the forward end thereof, so as to leave at three sides of the forward end of the device a surplus, which may be gripped to stretch the body of the fabric smoothly and tightly over the wax. I prefer to stretch and grip the fabric by means of a metallic bail 12, pivoted adjacent to the bail 10 and of such size as to swing outside the.

forward end and sides of the device, and yet lie in close contact therewith, so as to grip the cloth firmly between the adjacent metal surfaces. The pivot of this bail 12 is inclicated at 13.

From the foregoing description of the main elements of my device for waxing, cleaning, and holding fiat-irons it will be seen that I provide a body portion over which the iron may be moved back and forth either with or without lifting it in shifting from one section of the device to another, the iron normally resting on the stand 5 and being shifted therefrom onto the waxing-pad, the iron being raised slightly, if desired, after which the waxed iron is drawn back, without raising it, over the roughened cleaning or scraping surface formed by the emery-cloth 0, when the iron will be in readiness for use. It should be understood that the device as a whole will be attached to a table or other suitable support in such a position as may be found most convenient.

In connection with the main waxing device or wax-pad hereinbefore described for polishing the flat polishing-surface of the iron I prefer to employ an auxiliary waxing device for waxing the converging sides of the iron, especially at the toe thereof. For the purpose of accomplishing this result I have shown at 15 a pair of auxiliary waxing-cups each containing a body of wax suitably protected, as by a covering of fabric, the two elements of this waxing device being preferably secured to the ends of spring-arms, such as 16, the other ends of which may be held by means of fastening devices, such as 17 These wires 16 spread as the iron is pushed forward, and the toe of the same pushes the waxing-cups 15 apart, and the waxing-faces of these cups separate sufliciently to wax thoroughly the sides of the iron adjacent to the toe.

The combination of devices disclosed in the preceding description constitutes a simple and effective means for waxing and cleaning-an iron and also for supporting the same when not in use, as all the parts on which the iron is intended to rest or move lie substantially in a common plane and are embodied in a sin gle structure, and such a combination of parts constitutes a simple, cheap, and effective means for keeping a flat-iron cleaned and waxed without extra effort on the part of the operator.

What I claim is- 1. In a device -for waxing and cleaning flatirons, the combination with a main waxingsurface, of an auxiliary waxing device having a waxing-surface disposed substantially at a right angle to said main waxing-surface and movable relatively thereto.

2. In a device for waxing and cleaning flatirons, the combination with a main waxingsurface, of a pair of coacting auxiliary waxing members having their waxing-surfaces substantially at right angles to the main waxing-surface and movable relatively thereto.

3. In a device for waxing and cleaningflatirons, the combination with a main waxingsurface, of a pair of spring-arms, and a pair of coacting auxiliary waxing members having converging waxing-surfaces substantially at right angles to the main waxing-surface.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 22d day of August, A. D. 1903.

JOHN BAYER.

WVitnesses:

WM. BARTHEL, JosEPH S'rnAuss. 

